Longtime Member and Former Company Commandant Don Hill passed away 11/26/15

Published in Grand Rapids Press on Nov. 29, 2016:

Donald Edward Hill aged 88 of Grand Rapids threw away his walker and is walking hand and hand with the Lord on Saturday, November 26th, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife, Shirley, two children, Sandra Drayton, Dennis Hill, four step children Sandra (John) Sicard, Cynthia Westfield, Melissa (Dawn) Voss-Hummel, and Andrew Voss, several nieces, nephews and cousins. Don retired from Steelcase. He was an avid military history buff/collector and a life time member of the Casino Club.

The Michigan Company of Military Historians and Collectors (MCMHC) is a private organization dedicated to the observation and study of military history and to the memorialization of those involved in some of those historical moments. Our membership is composed of a cross section of society which includes combat veterans, non-veterans, professional and amateur historians, modelers and collectors. Membership is by invitation and election only. Some of our members are distinguished and recognized authorities in their fields of military history, others have experienced first hand some of the most momentuous times in military history, and the rest of us just wish we had. Military history as a discipline suffers from a kind of stygma. It is more often than not misunderstood as the realm of war lovers and warmongers. And yet, there is not one aspect of human history which either directly or indirectly can escape the study of military history. Many of our past and present advances in technology, medicine, and even our present social organization are connected in one way or another or due to some aspect of human conflict the subject of which is military history .

Members in good standing are welcome to invite prospective members to visit this website. As stated in our by-laws and constitution, "The purpose of this organization shall be to advance its members study and enjoyment of military history in all its facets."